The 2013 LIVAC Pan-Chinese Celebrity Roster released on 2 January 2014 by the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics of CityU sees political issues dominating press coverage in Beijing, Taipei and Hong Kong.

Professor Zhang Longxi, Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation at CityU, has been invited to deliver lectures at Harvard University, Yale University and Wesleyan University in the US from 12 to 15 April.

The first lecture of the Humanities Lecture Series featured Professor Zhang Longxi, Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation, addressing the perceived gap between science and the humanities and the East and West, on 15 September.

The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics organised an International Conference on the Teaching and Learning of World Civilisations, providing an opportunity for top scholars to exchange views on the study of the topic.

An International Symposium on Teaching and Learning of World Civilisation was held on 10-11 January to explore ways of teaching about world civilisations of the 21st century in the context of Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan and Asia as a whole.